Etymology Explorer
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Where does “nū” come from?
nū (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.
Ancestry of “nū”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
nú
now
2
Proto-Germanic
nu
now
3
Proto-Indo-European
nū
now
Words derived from “nū”
nu
nų
nutid
nu går skam på torra land
nu är fan lös
nuvärde
från och med nu
nuläge
nusvenska
nuvarande
førnutid
nettonuvärde
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nū →
Every word from Proto-Germanic nu →
Every word from Old Norse nú →